Tanzania: Opposition accuses forces of hiding bodies after election violence/in /by
Tanzanian authorities faced mounting concern over killings during and after last week's election, with the largest opposition party charging on Tuesday that the security forces were secretly dumping the bodies of hundreds killed in the violence that shocked the region.
China rebukes Trump threat to launch military action against Nigeria over attacks on Christians/in /by
China has pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s threat to launch military operations against Nigeria. Trump has accused Nigeria of failing to protect Christians in the country from Islamist militants.
Civil trial over payouts to families of Ethiopia Boeing crash victims to proceed/in /by
A federal jury will decide how much Boeing should pay to the families of two victims killed in the 2019 crash of a 737 Max jetliner in Ethiopia.
Football: Hakimi injured, Diaz apologises after heavy tackle/in /by
On Wednesday, Luis Díaz wished Paris Saint-Germain's Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi a ‘speedy recovery’ after a tackle that injured his opponent and earned the Bayern Munich winger a red card during their Champions League match.
Mauritania Supreme Court confirms conviction of former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz/in /by
Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has lost his final appeal of a 15-year prison sentence for corruption while in office.
Cameroon security forces killed dozens in post-election crackdown/in /by
Official results gave President Biya victory with nearly 54% of the vote while his former ally Issa Tchiroma who had declared victory on the first day of counting came second
Morocco: Holiday to mark UN support for Western Sahara autonomy plan/in /by
The Royal Palace said that starting next year, 31 October will be known as Unity Day, to honour Morocco’s territorial integrity.
Late US vice president Dick Cheney remembered in Baghdad as a ‘bloodhound’/in /by
He was the driving force behind the US' 2003 invasion of Iraq, warning of the danger from its alleged stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, that were never found.
Morocco issues first human trafficking sentence over Asia online scam/in /by
A Moroccan court on Tuesday sentenced a man to five years in prison and $107,300 in fines for human trafficking, in the country’s first ruling against someone accused of luring people to work in a scam compound in Asia.
Two French nationals freed from Iranian prison after more than 3 years in detention/in /by
Cécile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris were arrested in May 2022 and sentenced to lengthy jail terms on espionage charges.